San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-05-12

A story Supposed to have Happened
About a Century after the Confusion
OF Language at the Tower OF Babel.
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VoQlesnng's Cosmos,

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lvoglesang's Cosmos.
In that portion Of this continent. At n Ger.
tain perennial spring. now called San An.
tonic Springs; some descendants OF Japhe,
settled, cultivated the ground and raised
cattle. At the place which Is now called
: Leona Springs, near Uvalde, settled some
descendants Of Ham. Both settlements
prospered and spread into tho adjacent
country. The Japhetites and the Hamites,
although nearly related, spoke different
language, aud had different religion and
civilization. The Japhetites were pro
gressive people and tho Hamites too con-
servative 10 allow progress in their govern
ment or customs. The Japhetites built a
large city and massive dains and water
wheels to lift the water from the spring into
reservoirs on the hill north OF the city.
Among other great engineering achieve
ments, they also run an 8-inch pipe from
the reservoir 10 O plain of rich land 40 miles
west of their town for irrigation purposes;
thus causing town and large settlement
TO grow up on this plain which were for
merly uninhabitable on account of scarcity
of water. They buried the iron pipe In the
ground and laid the same in a layer of CO.
ment, which had the popularity to turn to
limestone when 1t set. In the course Of
time the Japhetites and Hamites began
crowding each other for territory; and as
both nations could not and would not have
any international intercourse, Il was mutual
ly agreed In council of both nations;
for the Hamites to build nm impaspable
stone wall, commencing from point south
! Of the San Saba Springs, running on the top
of the divides down to the nearest point TO
the sea; crossing the water main about 80
miles west Of the pprings of the Japhetites.
In consideration Of which, the Japhetites
pledged themselves TO give up the rich plain,
also promised the water-priyilepe to the
same ''forever," with stipulated water
pressure, according to the needs OF the sea-
sons. The wall was finished to the satis-
faction of both parties. and the S-inch main
supplied the plain of the Hamitss without
interruption for centuries, The irrigated
plain was worked by poems, in charge of
some soldiers and priests. The populotion
of this plain were relieved every few years
by other parties from the beadonartera Of
the Hamites.
In the course of time tho from nina SIM.
plyinq the plain with water corroded. but
the ce,nent caused the water to mas with
ous 'eahasv. Ing p,pe was orlrinuiy miu
uoep = 'ns1 we slounu' anu .uo paoe wnele
,s:,, en'eleu sao se.slop'en' i,olu 'no saue "
nil. appenleI now as tne wn'er cnIne
oa. VI hatu'ai cav;.y ~ inc rocks. !. was
niso q ooserveo, .nh. ~ ury seasons tne wA'er
nDweo %,' s.ionRe,r nnu ~ we. seAsons , ioss.
ane peons ana solalels oL 'ne se,.ieneneutu
hot Know any Detler, tnan 'nat tnelr sp,inB
was ilAe ING leona, llas Morns' can renpe
orany otner spring; one ot tne Younger
priests observed tnst the spring d'o not
come puisating OUT OF tne rocKs az tne otner
SPRINGS ana ne ,nereiore conslae,eu lne
spring ainerent. ne heid, .nht Wherever
- Puis.ton tnere is hIe ana ior this reason
tne spring contained no nving wafer, loee
COSMOS NO. 4 Art. Puisation.) but the
ola priest VINO Kept tne record OF tne place
knew an ABOUT II: AS the otner priests ana
tne soidiers couid not read tne language OF
those RECORDS tne recorder once triea 10
convince some OF MS pyetnren IN reiigion
that their spring was diherent from otner
springs, that II was made and Kept up py
tne AIT OF the Japhetites. Ihey considered
MN 1901 ana showed MN IN tnelr iilustrat-
cd textbooks, how the ranwater percolates
the ground, until 1t nnds . strata impery'ous
gravity, until il finds an outlet
The recorder accidentally fonud in the ar |
chives the record of a hidden door in the |
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